Sodor & Man Ministry Conference –

The Rector, with two diocesan readers, attended our link diocese’s ministry conference at Lancaster University, England from 19th – 22nd September 2011. We went by ferry and road and did our little bit to strengthen the ties between our two dioceses. We were treated royally, I preached at one of our Eucharists and we learned a lot and got new ideas from the escellent speakers engaged for the conference.

Sodor & Man Link –

The Bishop of Sodor & Man and his Rural Deans visited our diocese during the 1st weekend in February. On the Saturday we took the group to Waterford, Wexford and Ferns and than returned to Kilkenny. Two, including the bishop preached in two churches in the diocese on Sunday morning.

Sodor & Man Link –

The Bishop of Sodor & Man and his Rural Deans visited our diocese during the 1st weekend in February. On the Saturday we took the group to Waterford, Wexford and Ferns and than returned to Kikenny. Two, including the bishop preached in two churches in the diocese on Sunday morning.

Sodor & Man Link –

The Bishop of Sodor & Man and his Rural Deans will visit our diocese during the 1st weekend in February. John and I will be hosting one of our visitors, but, unfortunately it will be for only one night and he will arrive late and leave early. I hope we will have a visitor for our link diocese shortly who will stay a day or two and we will be able to have a get- together .

Link Diocese –

The Rector, as the new co-ordinator of our new Link with the diocese of Sodor & Mann visited the Isle of Man with the bishop and other members of the new committee. We met with Bishop Robert Paterson and his new committee having been met at Douglas Airport by the diocesan outreach mini-bus. Our day included a visit to the tynwald, the oldest parliament in the world and had a tour of the island.
Each of us had time to chat with our counterpart. My role as well as being co-ordinator will be to interact with the Warden of Lay Readers, Rev John Gulland. The Sodor and Man co-ordinator is Gill Poole, bishop’s Chaplain and Mission Adviser.
Our next meeting will be here in our diocese and I hope to bring my counterparts to clonmel to visit in the very near future.
Please pray for us all as we seek to broaden all our outlooks and to truly work together towards the completion of god’s Kingdom here on earth.

Link Diocese

Our link with the Swedish Diocese of Lund ended in 2008. We have a new link diocese – Sodor and Mann (Isle of Mann). It is a Celtic Church and we share much both as Churches and culturally. Our committee will be made up of those in our diocese who head-up various aspects of our diocesan life. I shall be the co-ordinator of this new link. The committee will be spending the 27th May on the isle of Mann, meeting with their committee and making plans.
It is near enough for day-trips!!